Elder v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Action under the Federal Employers Liability Act to recover for personal injuries. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. The- defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial was denied. Judgment was enteréd on the verdict. The defendant appeals from the judgment.

The plaintiff was injured in the accident considered in Schendel, administrator, against the same defendant, infra, page 460. He was the brakeman who set the brakes on the interstate cars, in the sidetrack at Pershing. That was the last work done on the cars brought from the mine on the day of the…